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5 . Zach ( 11 - 5 - 1 )	v.	4 . Stevie ( 13 - 4 - 0 ) [ + 0.5 ]

After Zach started off this year to a slow start over the first few weeks, his team picked it back up and solidified itself with 11 wins and a 5 seed. He gets 4 seed Stevie round one, and the teams have actually made a decent amount of trades over the past couple of years. Each trade was Zach buying vets off Stevie for young guys, and somehow Stevie ended with a better record. Stevie doesn't know rebuilds, only quick re-tools. Zach has all his top players healthy for this matchup, and the season stats standings show he can be a true powerhouse. He also gets a Luka revenge game to start the matchup. Zach is however without drug-abuser Bobby Portis, and will likely deal with some injury management from Tari Eason and Middleton. Stevie has been injury-plagued all year but that didn't stop him from putting together a great season. BI, Lively, and Herb Jones don't appear likely to return for the first round, and Dejounte and Grant Williams are already lost for the season. Zach beat Stevie 5-3-1 in their only matchup this year, but Stevie is 4-2 all-time against Zach. Who will prevail to face 1-seed Ethan?

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Season Leaders

Zach

Team	Player	FGpct	threes	FTpct	PTS	REB	AST	ST	BLK	TO
Zach	Cade Cunningham	0.46	2.31	0.85	25.65	6.25	9.50	0.96	0.79	4.38
Zach	Evan Mobley	0.57	1.06	0.76	18.69	9.27	3.08	0.88	1.59	1.92
Zach	Tyler Herro	0.47	3.70	0.86	24.25	5.53	5.64	0.77	0.13	2.68
Zach	Darius Garland	0.49	2.94	0.87	21.33	2.54	6.69	1.17	0.19	2.48
Zach	Alperen Sengun	0.49	0.33	0.69	19.04	10.54	4.87	1.19	0.74	2.46

Stevie

Team	Player	FGpct	threes	FTpct	PTS	REB	AST	ST	BLK	TO
Stevie	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	0.52	2.05	0.90	32.33	5.11	6.15	1.89	1.07	2.58
Stevie	Derrick White	0.44	3.35	0.84	16.17	4.43	4.30	0.83	1.07	1.63
Stevie	Bam Adebayo	0.48	0.79	0.73	16.91	10.08	4.36	1.21	0.75	2.15
Stevie	Pascal Siakam	0.52	1.67	0.77	20.45	7.29	3.36	0.95	0.47	1.27
Stevie	Toumani Camara	0.46	1.53	0.76	10.45	5.96	2.07	1.47	0.65	1.49

Injury Report

Zach

Player	Status
Bobby Portis	IR
Khris Middleton	IR
Tari Eason	IR

Stevie

Player	Status
Brandon Ingram	Hurt
Dereck Lively	Hurt
Dejounte Murray	IR
Grant Williams	IR
Herbert Jones	IR

Head-to-Head

Season Stats

Team	Threes	PTS	REB	AST	ST	BLK	TO	FGpct	FTpct
Zach	1525	14818	5364	3514	864	561	1756	0.471	0.787
Stevie	1240	11806	4710	2625	950	588	1411	0.463	0.790

Regular Season H2H

Week	Away	AwaySc	vs	Home	HomeSc
8	Zach	5	-	Stevie	3

Zach Last 5

Week	Away	AwaySc	vs	Home	HomeSc
13	Zach	4	-	Zhang	4
14	Zach	5	-	Kyle	4
15	Yash	4	-	Zach	5
16	Pat	2	-	Zach	7
17	Zach	7	-	Bumpskiii	2

Stevie Last 5

Week	Away	AwaySc	vs	Home	HomeSc
13	Eddie	3	-	Stevie	6
14	Zhang	6	-	Stevie	3
15	Stevie	8	-	Eddie	1
16	Yash	6	-	Stevie	3
17	Kyle	2	-	Stevie	7

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6 . Pat ( 9 - 8 - 0 )	v.	3 . Zhang ( 13 - 3 - 1 ) [ -1.5 ]

Looks like Zhang v. Pat will last a whole month after Zhang defeated Pat 6-3 over the 2-week final regular season matchup. After losing first round last year, Zhang put together a strong season in the comp Pro-Am division, finishing 13-3-1. Zhang is one of 3 teams to have never missed the playoffs in EDB history (Stevie, Ethan). Zhang's team is relatively healthy, but Simmons, FVV, and John Collins all appear to miss some time in the coming weeks. His opponent, Pat, is coming off an EDB championship and trying to salvage the old ligaments his team may have. He's looking to cherish this playoff appearance as nothing is guaranteed in the future with some of the rebuilding teams set to start competing soon. His injury report doesn't look too bad, but pending news that Embiid is considering procedures does not bode well for his team's chances. Zhang is 2-0 against Pat so far this year and looks to make it a clean 3-0 sweep sending Pat home to TikTok singing. Zhang also leads the all-time series 3-2. Winner will get 2-seed Cade.

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Season Leaders

Pat

Team	Player	FGpct	threes	FTpct	PTS	REB	AST	ST	BLK	TO
Pat	James Harden	0.40	2.85	0.88	21.72	5.81	8.62	1.51	0.66	4.51
Pat	LeBron James	0.52	2.27	0.77	24.67	7.75	8.84	0.90	0.59	3.88
Pat	Domantas Sabonis	0.60	1.08	0.75	20.26	14.58	6.28	0.62	0.40	3.02
Pat	Kevin Durant	0.53	2.34	0.82	26.93	6.00	4.20	0.86	1.39	2.98
Pat	Chris Paul	0.41	1.71	0.95	9.04	3.95	8.02	1.33	0.18	1.51

Zhang

Team	Player	FGpct	threes	FTpct	PTS	REB	AST	ST	BLK	TO
Zhang	Dyson Daniels	0.47	1.13	0.62	14.00	5.54	4.02	3.00	0.79	1.83
Zhang	Stephen Curry	0.44	4.33	0.93	23.50	4.46	6.08	1.04	0.46	2.85
Zhang	Amen Thompson	0.55	0.35	0.71	13.91	8.13	3.46	1.41	1.28	2.09
Zhang	Jordan Poole	0.42	3.45	0.87	20.88	3.20	4.88	1.43	0.47	3.31
Zhang	Kyrie Irving	0.48	2.93	0.91	24.70	4.74	4.74	1.30	0.41	2.22

Injury Report

Pat

Player	Status
Marcus Smart	Hurt
BJ Boston	IR

Zhang

Player	Status
Ben Simmons	IR
Fred VanVleet	IR
John Collins	IR

Head-to-Head

Season Stats

Team	Threes	PTS	REB	AST	ST	BLK	TO	FGpct	FTpct
Zhang	1431	12443	4898	2971	973	536	1505	0.471	0.781
Pat	1514	12244	4146	3249	745	360	1605	0.466	0.813

Regular Season H2H

Week	Away	AwaySc	vs	Home	HomeSc
8	Zhang	6	-	Pat	3
17	Pat	3	-	Zhang	6

Pat Last 5

Week	Away	AwaySc	vs	Home	HomeSc
13	Kevin	1	-	Pat	8
14	Ethan	5	-	Pat	4
15	Cade	8	-	Pat	1
16	Pat	2	-	Zach	7
17	Pat	3	-	Zhang	6

Zhang Last 5

Week	Away	AwaySc	vs	Home	HomeSc
13	Zach	4	-	Zhang	4
14	Zhang	6	-	Stevie	3
15	Tom	3	-	Zhang	6
16	Zhang	6	-	Cade	3
17	Pat	3	-	Zhang	6

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